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bjǫrn

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See also: Bjǫrn, bjørn, Bjørn, björn, and Björn

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From *bernuz (“bear”).[1][2][3] Possibly cognate to Old English beorn (“warrior”).

Noun

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bjǫrn m (genitive bjarnar, dative birni, plural birnir)

  1. bear (animal)

Declension

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Declension of bjǫrn (strong u-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bjǫrn bjǫrninn birnir birnirnir
accusative bjǫrn bjǫrninn bjǫrnu bjǫrnuna
dative birni birninum bjǫrnum bjǫrnunum
genitive bjarnar bjarnarins bjarna bjarnanna

Coordinate terms

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  • bera f (“she-bear”)

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus Jann (2009), Consonant and vowel gradation in the Proto-Germanic n-stems (PhD thesis)‎[1], Leiden: Leiden University, page 26: “bjǫrn m. ‘bear’ < *bernu-”
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*beran- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 59-60: “In Nordic, it was replaced by the u-stem *bernu-, cf. ON bjǫrn, Far. bjørn (f.), Elfd. byönn, which split off from the acc.pl. case *bernuns < *bʰer-n-ń̥s”
  3. ^ Torp, Alf (1919), “Bjørn”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 26: “Nordisk stamme *bernu- av ældre *beran”
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